拯救伦敦特色出租车
London must hang on to its real taxisLondon: the world’s most visited city. Home to the red double-decker bus, Big Ben, Tower Bridge, Changing the Guard and the black taxi.
伦敦：全世界游客造访次数最多的城市。这里有红色双层巴士和黑色出租车、大本钟(Big Ben)和塔桥(Tower Bridge)，游客还可以观看卫兵交接仪式(Changing the Guard)。
That “most visited city” tag, which caused a recent flurry, is a little dubious. It is based on the International Passenger Survey, which is based on a sample of interviews with passengers coming and going from the UK. The Office for National Statistics candidly describes it as an “estimate”.
“游客造访次数最多的城市”这个略显可疑的头衔，近来引发了一阵风波。国际旅客调查(IPS)在抽样调查了出入英国的一些旅客之后，授予了伦敦这个头衔，但英国国家统计局(Office for National Statistics)坦率地称，这个结果只出于“大致的估计”。
Still, London draws millions of tourists and has become a global capital while maintaining its traditional symbols – except for that boxy black taxi, which is now the whatever-colour-you-like whatever-shape-you-can-think-of taxi. No city competing for tourists would throw away something as distinctive – except for London, which has.
尽管如此，伦敦确实吸引了数百万游客前来，在保持传统特色的同时，也成为了全世界的“首都”。但传统的老爷车式黑色出租车并未得到保留，如今伦敦街头的出租车五颜六色，车型也五花八门。任何一座致力于发展旅游业的城市都不会抛弃一项如此明显的特色，但伦敦却这么做了。
This week BYD, the Warren Buffett-backed Chinese carmaker, announced it would introduce “minicabs” into London, with the intention of eventually selling proper London taxis that are available not just for private hire but can ply the capital’s streets for fares.
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